Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Colorado Springs, CO

2-3 days on site

Contract to Hire 55-70/h

Introduction
GavinHeath is partnering with a client in Colorado looking to add a Scrum Master to their team. The role is a Contract-to-Hire position (approx. 6 months C2H with conversion). This position will support the Technology Division's Agile Practice, driving both team-level execution and organization-wide agile maturity during a period of significant growth and merger integration.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and Kanban practices, ensuring quality through Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD).
• Support Product Owners/Managers with backlog health, prioritization, and transparency.
• Coach teams and leaders across engineering, PMO, marketing, and operations to adopt pragmatic agile practices tailored to context, not dogma.
• Stand up and refine team operating models (cadence, WIP limits, policies, boards, metrics).
• Build and maintain delivery dashboards; translate cycle time, lead time, and throughput into actionable insights for executives.
• Champion mindset shift during an ongoing merger; help integrate agile practices into teams previously unfamiliar with structured delivery.
• Provide lightweight coaching and workshops for adjacent groups (Operations, Retail, Education) on agile principles and flow literacy.

Qualifications

Required:

• Proven hands-on experience with both Scrum and Kanban (not just classroom training).
• Strong ability to apply metrics (cycle time, lead time, throughput) to drive predictability and continuous improvement.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM, PSM, or PMI-ACP), ideally earned several years ago to demonstrate applied practice.
• Executive-ready communicator able to explain agile without jargon and influence senior stakeholders.
• Servant-leader orientation; excels at coaching, influencing without authority, and building team trust.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, and collaboration tools such as Miro (canonical toolchain to be confirmed).
• Experience within financial services or other regulated industries.
• Background supporting teams in merger, scaling, or organizational transformation contexts.
• Exposure to scaled agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS), applied pragmatically.

Compensation & Logistics

• Contract-to-Hire: ~6 months initial contract.
• Flexible work arrangement: Hybrid/on-site expectations (2-3 days onsite per week).
• Expected interview process: 2 3 rounds, including one in-person following initial virtual interviews.